Milwaukee Bears History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 Milwaukee Bears	69	93	.426	6^th	25	68-94	1	.270	5.01			2,484,205	$39,774,367	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Dan Brouthers	1
Player of the Week	Pete Rose (Jun 12), Duke Snider (Jul 10, Jul 17), Pat Seerey (Aug 28), Sammy Sosa (Sep 25)	5

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Dan Brouthers	33	162	677	190	22	16	3	44	109	70	19	11	2	15	22	16	.281	.363	.374	.737	1.6	100
2B	Pete Rose	22	157	653	195	27	12	7	67	92	49	8	2	4	26	14	9	.299	.353	.409	.762	3.7	105
CF	Duke Snider	24	156	646	202	30	5	24	112	93	52	0	0	11	44	12	7	.313	.358	.486	.844	5.1	126
RF	Sammy Sosa	33	156	611	183	19	0	39	108	101	74	3	0	8	91	0	0	.300	.374	.522	.896	6.1	140
LF	Pat Seerey	23	157	591	161	16	0	34	100	82	73	1	0	5	139	0	0	.272	.351	.472	.823	2.5	120
3B	Tony Lazzeri	26	156	576	164	25	5	15	63	68	57	4	10	3	122	6	7	.285	.352	.424	.775	1.8	109
SS	Derek Jeter	22	156	563	165	12	3	8	55	57	65	10	1	5	56	27	11	.293	.373	.368	.741	1.8	101
C	Frank Zupo	20	134	470	90	16	1	8	52	40	50	10	0	3	80	0	0	.191	.281	.281	.562	-0.4	53
3B	Shea Hillenbrand	28	114	128	30	2	1	5	16	10	6	3	1	2	8	0	0	.234	.281	.383	.663	-0.3	78
C	Matt Merullo	27	42	126	26	2	0	3	15	10	5	1	0	2	19	0	0	.206	.239	.294	.532	-0.4	43
LF	Ruben Amaro Jr	28	108	96	22	5	2	4	16	12	8	1	1	1	13	3	0	.229	.292	.448	.740	0.4	97
P	Red Donahue	28	33	75	11	1	0	0	3	2	3	0	7	1	12	0	0	.147	.177	.160	.337	-1.1	-8
P	Art Houtteman	25	33	60	12	4	1	1	11	4	6	0	14	0	18	0	0	.200	.273	.350	.623	-0.7	67
P	Bob Lemon	24	33	66	16	1	1	4	12	8	3	0	10	0	12	0	0	.242	.275	.470	.745	0.0	98
2B	Tony Womack	27	67	70	14	3	1	1	7	8	7	1	0	0	7	3	1	.200	.282	.314	.596	-0.3	61
CF	Cecil Espy	27	39	55	13	1	2	0	1	16	4	0	1	0	6	10	3	.236	.288	.327	.615	-0.0	66
P	Dave Stieb	22	24	41	5	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	6	0	7	0	0	.122	.182	.122	.304	-0.7	-16
P	Sandy Burk	23	20	42	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	0	12	0	0	.048	.070	.048	.117	-1.2	-68
P	Gene Krapp	25	40	31	8	1	0	0	2	5	3	0	2	0	6	0	0	.258	.324	.290	.614	0.1	67
P	Jim J Hughes	27	43	28	8	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	6	1	2	0	0	.286	.276	.286	.562	-0.3	52
SS	Yuniesky Betancourt	24	23	18	5	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.444	.760	0.1	103
1B	Cap Anson	43	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	-0.0	34
P	Denny McLain	24	55	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	-0.1	30
P	Bobby Ayala	22	55	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Joe Engel	24	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		25.8	1997	5655	1526	187	50	157	698	726	543	63	82	48	705	97	54	.270	.338	.404	.742	17.4	99
NL Rank				2	4	6	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
ABBA Rank				2	4	12	7	4	4	5	3	4	6	5	10	4	2	4	4	5	5	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Red Donahue	28	33	33	9	18	0	4.29	233.0	264	129	111	20	68	83	0	10	2	1.42	.293	3.7	96
Art Houtteman	25	33	31	11	15	0	4.91	221.7	266	130	121	26	75	92	0	3	0	1.54	.302	2.1	84
Bob Lemon	24	33	33	14	12	0	3.97	206.3	206	94	91	11	103	118	0	1	1	1.50	.300	3.7	104
Dave Stieb	22	24	19	5	13	0	6.39	139.3	196	105	99	17	51	40	0	6	0	1.77	.344	0.6	65
Jim J Hughes	27	43	12	3	5	0	6.19	133.7	145	94	92	15	56	94	3	2	0	1.50	.313	1.1	67
Gene Krapp	25	40	14	5	8	7	6.46	129.7	163	101	93	14	83	66	0	4	0	1.90	.333	-0.3	64
Sandy Burk	23	20	20	10	6	0	3.89	129.7	133	60	56	5	61	64	0	0	0	1.50	.300	2.4	106
Denny McLain	24	55	0	1	2	0	4.09	94.7	88	44	43	12	37	63	2	0	0	1.32	.266	0.3	101
Bobby Ayala	22	55	0	5	8	15	5.40	78.3	89	53	47	15	34	76	5	0	0	1.57	.333	-0.5	76
Bobby Burke	21	53	0	6	4	3	4.64	66.0	70	36	34	4	32	29	9	0	0	1.55	.297	0.4	89
Joe Engel	24	20	0	0	1	4	8.76	24.7	36	25	24	0	20	14	1	0	0	2.27	.396	0.2	47
Frank Zupo	20	1	0	0	1	0	9.00	2.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.50	.556	-0.0	46
Shea Hillenbrand	28	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	-0.0	0
13 Pitchers	24.6	411	162	69	93	29	5.01	1460.0	1661	873	813	139	622	739	20	26	3	1.56	.309	13.4	86
NL Rank		2	1	6	1	5	6	4	6	6	6	4	6	2	1	5	6	6	6	4
ABBA Rank		2	1	11	2	10	12	9	12	12	12	9	12	6	1	9	12	12	12	8

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Donahue	33	33	22	28	2	54	4	.926	233.0	1.93	-1.5
A. Houtteman	33	31	15	25	1	46	6	.870	221.7	1.62	-3.0
B. Lemon	33	33	9	28	6	40	3	.925	206.3	1.61	0.2
D. Stieb	24	19	13	21	2	36	2	.944	139.3	2.20	-0.2
J. Hughes	43	12	6	11	0	20	3	.850	133.7	1.14	-0.8
S. Burk	20	20	8	14	0	25	3	.880	129.7	1.53	-2.3
G. Krapp	40	14	5	15	1	21	1	.952	129.7	1.39	1.4
D. McLain	55	0	2	15	0	18	1	.944	94.7	1.62	0.4
B. Ayala	55	0	5	5	0	12	2	.833	78.3	1.15	-0.1
B. Burke	53	0	1	8	1	10	1	.900	66.0	1.23	-0.1
J. Engel	20	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	24.7	1.46	-0.0
F. Zupo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	-0.0
S. Hillenbrand	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	411	162	88	172	13	286	26	.909	1460.0	1.60	-6.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
F. Zupo	133	133	617	66	14	690	7	.990	1175.0	5.23	0.1	7	32.7
M. Merullo	37	29	170	16	8	186	0	1.000	285.0	5.87	-0.5	7	20.7
Totals	170	162	787	82	22	876	7	.992	1460.0	5.36	-0.4	14	30.2

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Brouthers	162	162	1341	113	154	1466	12	.992	1446.3	9.05	1.2
C. Anson	2	0	9	0	4	9	0	1.000	13.7	5.93	0.0
Totals	164	162	1350	113	158	1475	12	.992	1460.0	9.02	1.2

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Rose	157	157	341	422	127	769	6	.992	1311.3	5.24	0.5
T. Womack	52	5	38	49	19	89	2	.978	148.7	5.27	-1.5
Totals	209	162	379	471	146	858	8	.991	1460.0	5.24	-1.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Lazzeri	156	156	113	304	34	433	16	.963	1367.0	2.75	-11.9
S. Hillenbrand	21	6	7	14	2	25	4	.840	92.0	2.05	-3.7
D. Jeter	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	178	162	121	318	36	459	20	.956	1460.0	2.71	-15.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Jeter	156	156	238	420	104	681	23	.966	1365.7	4.34	-12.5
Y. Betancourt	22	2	12	20	9	32	0	1.000	58.3	4.94	-0.0
T. Womack	4	4	8	15	3	24	1	.958	36.0	5.75	-1.1
Totals	182	162	258	455	116	737	24	.967	1460.0	4.40	-13.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Seerey	157	157	408	9	2	423	6	.986	1344.7	2.79	-13.3
R. Amaro Jr	37	5	35	3	0	39	1	.974	114.3	2.99	1.1
D. Snider	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	195	162	444	12	2	463	7	.985	1460.0	2.81	-12.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Snider	156	156	499	14	7	518	5	.990	1392.0	3.32	-3.5
C. Espy	12	6	28	1	0	29	0	1.000	66.0	3.95	-0.8
R. Amaro Jr	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	2.0	4.50	-0.8
Totals	169	162	528	15	7	549	6	.989	1460.0	3.35	-5.1

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Sosa	156	156	395	17	7	422	10	.976	1399.3	2.65	8.7
C. Espy	8	5	15	2	0	17	0	1.000	51.7	2.96	0.7
R. Amaro Jr	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	165	162	413	19	7	442	10	.977	1460.0	2.66	9.4

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Duke Snider	.313
On-Base Percentage	Sammy Sosa	.374
Slugging Percentage	Sammy Sosa	.522
OPS	Sammy Sosa	.896
Games	Dan Brouthers	162
At-Bats	Dan Brouthers	677
Runs	Dan Brouthers	109
Hits	Duke Snider	202
Doubles	Duke Snider	30
Triples	Dan Brouthers	16
Home Runs	Sammy Sosa	39
Runs Batted In	Duke Snider	112
Stolen Bases	Derek Jeter	27
Caught Stealing	Dan Brouthers	16
Walks	Sammy Sosa	74
Strikeouts	Pat Seerey	139

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Bob Lemon	14
Losses	Red Donahue	18
Saves	Bobby Ayala	15
Games	Denny McLain, Bobby Ayala	55
Games Started	Red Donahue, Bob Lemon	33
Complete Games	Red Donahue	10
Shutouts	Red Donahue	2
Innings Pitched	Red Donahue	233.0
Hits Allowed	Art Houtteman	266
Home Runs Allowed	Art Houtteman	26
Strikeouts	Bob Lemon	118
Walks Allowed	Bob Lemon	103
Earned Run Average	Bob Lemon	3.97
Walks + Hits per IP	Red Donahue	1.42
BABIP	Red Donahue	.293

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 9th	RF Sammy Sosa P Art Houtteman	to the Houston Colt .45's for	RF Jose Cruz
January 9th	RF Jose Cruz	to the Houston Colt .45's for	P Art Houtteman RF Sammy Sosa